...Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah; Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw; Johnny Owusu-Arthur Purpose Creating employment opportunities for the youth remains a dilemma for policymakers. In many cases, policies and programmes to tackle youth unemployment have produced little results, because such initiatives have failed...

.... Social implications The information generated in the study could serve as working tools for pro‐poor policy conceptualisation, formulation and implementation in developing economies and probably elsewhere. If genuinely implemented, it could enhance rural peoples’ well‐being and quality of life...